When I first walked into Howler’s spacious band room the crowd was sparse but the warm, orange and yellow lighting was already setting the mood. Closet Straights didn’t keep us waiting long, bringing their cool, folky vibes to the stage. Their country-esque fashion sense, rolling guitar riffs and the warm lighting transformed the empty room…
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Photo by: Rhiannon Tuffeild Tiny candles and the odd light bulb line the wood-panelled, cork walls of the dimly-lit gig room at The Workers Club. It’s five minutes past eight and the first supporting act of I Know Leopard are echoing calm, acoustic melodies to a small, scattered crowd. Little Dreamer, a four-piece band with…
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Heading on over to the Grace Darling Hotel in Collingwood on a Friday night to see Sleepy Dreamers, I was beyond excited. I love live music, small venues and local bands. Sleepy Dreamers has emerged from the suburbs of Melbourne, professional and put together, seeming like a band much older than it is. Owing to…
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Running up the stairs, I grab my stamp and I stumble into a room populated by about thirty or so folks soaking in sounds of I’lls’. This four-piece band supported Chet Faker for all three of his Melbourne shows and will be playing at Castle Music Festival at the end of June. Simon Lam’s hazy…
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It was quite the weekend for Adelaide music fans, with a international record day sale, Lou Barlow playing Fowlers and many other bands playing in the city; it was the kind of weekend where you would struggle to stereotype Adelaide as a sleepy little town. At the normally quiet little Metropolitan Hotel, punters were treated…
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Before you lose your mind over yet another vampire dedicated commodity, I’m here to ensure that The Fearless Vampire Killers are something that anyone can fall in love with – sorry girls, there’s no Robert Pattinson in this one, but there is still a whole lot to gawk over. So I bring you the truly…
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Not many people would be on the look-out for live music hidden down an alleyway off Adelaide’s main retail drag on a Thursday night. Luckily, those who fancy a bit of a weekday treat (and are able to put their late night shopping on hold) can head to the Jade Monkey and catch local as…
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This year was the Big Day Out’s 20th birthday. Of course, it is the 21st birthday that we all celebrate as the big one (though one can only wonder why this is the case in Australia), which may be the reason that the festival was at, ahem, less than full capacity for its Adelaide show….
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The city of churches was shaken to its very core and for a change, it wasn’t because of an untimely earthquake. The Vasco Era and Papa vs Pretty, who have recently been touring the country and causing mayhem on stages around Australia, treated Adelaide to a truly captivating show on Saturday night. In recent times,…
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I’ve always kind of had this idea in my head that going to a Belle and Sebastian show would be a bit like stepping through the looking glass. A special, dream-like world where lonely souls come together in their best vintage dresses and kooky hats, embracing strangers like long lost twins, singing along and dancing…
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With the festive season behind us, Christmas spent eating your own weight in pudding, and New Year’s celebrations that you can’t seem to remember, it can be difficult to fathom any kind of social life associated with all things live music, particularly with the drain on finances that it seems to bring. Never fear. With…
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If this were an album review, I’d be giving Thirsty Merc’s latest musical offspring “Mousetrap Heart” a crucifying evaluation. I’d simply label it a non-ground breaking, disappointingly compliant and regretfully catchy follow-up to their second studio album and close the books right there. But being a live gig review, Rai Thistlethwayte and Co’s surprisingly engaging…
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